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Do people really think Ashton, good player that he is, is better than: Guilford or Jane, Ioane or O'Connor, Tommy Bowe, Ngwenya, Bobo, Habana? Shane Williams for all his big flaws in his game is as good a finisher.
Bumpety bump.
Extra coffee on standby for tomorrow.....
And another bump
glitchy
Meanwhile, in twitter news...
@RoryBest2
Came through captains run well, thanks for all the tweets of support over the week. Just looking forward to the game now!
🙂
[i]Do people really think Ashton, good player that he is, is better than: Guilford or Jane, Ioane or O'Connor, Tommy Bowe, Ngwenya, Bobo, Habana? Shane Williams for all his big flaws in his game is as good a finisher.[/i]
Better than..
Guilford or Jane? No
Ioane or O'Connor No (for absolute definite)
Bowe? No
Ngwenya? Yes - he's just fast.
Bobo? Yes
Habana? Not at his peak
Williams? Not at his peak
I always think that Williams is a bit like Campase. Brilliant but brittle. Can win you a game, but can also lose you a game. At his best (a few years ago now) stunning - now good.
Ashton is not on the same class - but he does score tries - consistently.
Personally I think the one of the best at the moment is George North, when he gets some experience he will be amazing.
Anyway my forecasts to win this weekend
Ireland - too much experience
England - France are in self destruct mode
NZ - too strong
SA - My Favourites
Personally I think the one of the best at the moment is George North, when he gets some experience he will be amazing.
Next Lions team is looking good already....!
Might even be a Scotchish person in it....
😉
Ngwenya? Yes - he's just fast.
No he's not. He's got more than just (incredible) speed. He wouldn't be Biarritz's top try scorer otherwise.
Check out his 2nd try in this hat trick against Gloucester.
TBH I think Ashton is a lot like Williams, to use a wendyball analogy they are both professional goal hangers. You hardly notice Williams in a game except for about 1.5 seconds at the end of some good work by the rest.. (Thats not a criticism, as someone said of Ashton before, their skill is placing themselves in clear space to receive the ball and score. Vital players..)
I used to play wing at school - my job was to run up and down with everyone else until I got the ball - maybe two or three times a game - and then run like buggery towards the corner flag until I scored or got mashed.
or got mashed.
Flanker. I did the mashing. 😈
I think Wales are playing some great stuff, but are maybe getting ahead of themselves. They should probably have beaten SA, but lost, not had a real test since then
Warburton / North / Roberts (class)/ Priestland etc look pretty special, and I hope they do well. But will it be another false dawn? Personally, I think Irl might just beat them up like they did Eng in 6N
Think it is too early to write off all of England's players, think when it comes to the crunch (pun intended) a few may prove they are better than they've looked.
but this could all be wrong
anyway, I'm 1/2 french and 1/4 English, looking forward to the Irl / Wales game more, but suspect Eng and France have more up their sleves than they've shown
flanker here too, then hooker when I forgot to carry on growing, as the trend continued I was forced to retire.Flanker. I did the mashing.
[i]No he's not. He's got more than just (incredible) speed. He wouldn't be Biarritz's top try scorer otherwise.
Check out his 2nd try in this hat trick against Gloucester.[/i]
Great stuff that. Maybe I was wrong 😉
DezzieBee you're not supposed to be reading this thread! 😐
I think ashton is a very different player to Williams. Ashtons skill is in being in the right place to receive the scoring pass, williams in beating a man one on one. ( not their sole attribute of course. You need one of each in a team 🙂
CaptainFlashheart - Member
or got mashed.
Flanker. I did the mashing.
Brakes steps inside Flash.....Bosh! Duckman,also a flanker, is sweeping 😈
Flankers...
...yeah, I was thinking something that sounds like that 😛
Am sure you've been a hooker at least once, Darcy...!
Easy jokes, donchajustlove'em? 😉
Duckman, 6 or 7? I was the former. Moved there from the front row, having played rather a lot at 3. Incidentally, I firmly believe that in this day and age, tighthead props have taken on yet more significance and can have even more impact in winning a game!
I may have a sore head in the morning. Just opened a Fuller's Golden Pride.
No Brains on sale. 🙁
With my stature, I could only ever be a scrum-half. Correct spikey little tw4t temperament too. However, usually, I act like a bit of a LOCK 🙂
I'm off to the pub this evening - the Alma Tavern, serving fine ales for pre-holiday drinks with our friends. TBH, I think I'll struggle to sleep with the combined excitement of holidays AND the game.
Hmmm...just checked the Guest Ale list:
Doom Bar £2.80
Spitfire £2.70
Bishops Tipple £2.80
Courage Best £2.50
Deuchars IPA £2.70
Elf & Hoppiness £2.70
Elf & Hoppiness sounds interesting 🙂
What time do you fly O'Flashearty?
Great banter on this thread (most of the time).
I could only ever be a scrum-half. Correct spikey little tw4t temperament too. However, usually, I act like a bit of a LOCK
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Not flying tomorrow, Darcy, so can relax and enjoy the victory/defeat at leisure!
Flash, both and 8, I fell between two stools, 6"3" and 16-17 stone.Big enough for 6/8 in Scotland, too tall for 7,small for 6 at London Scottish.TBH,Adam Buchanan-Smith/Derek White both had caps at Scottish while I was there,making 1xv back row slots hard to get. As for props importance, one of the reasons Bath got shot of Stevens was because he was the best paid players on the books.
I played as a flanker in 6th form college, I didn't really understand the position very well at the time but I did quite well at it being fast, fit and committed. Got bored though, hardly ever saw the ball.
Should've been a winger aye.
I was shit.
Small, so was put in at scrum-half. Seemed to spend my few games there staring up the nostrils of the oppo open-side as he grinned down at me!
Was moved to full-back and found out i was even more crap...
being diagnosed with CharcoMarieTooth sysndrome and the complete physical inability to run seemed to be a bit of a drawback for field games... 🙄
Anyway...
When I was a young man I served my Lord Talbot
With bow, sword and buckler I full earned my pay
Till we came 'gainst the French on the field of Castillon
And all we had won it was lost on that day
With the strength of our arms and the good grey goose feather
We'd harried the French for fivescore years and more
Till a young witch in armour brought strength to their armies
And we found ourselves fighting a long losing war
So Talbot he took us upon a chevauchee
We marched from Bordeaux in the dead of the night
Took the French by surprise for they did not expect us
And caught their advance guard and put it to flight
Though six times our number we advanced on their earthworks
Though three hundred cannon poured shot through our ranks
No word for retreat came from my brave Lord Talbot
And we died where we stood on their ditches and banks
With bow and with bill we fought long and fought bloody
We died where we stood would not give back a pace
T'was the cannon destroyed my Lord's chance of a victory
Then a French man at arms smashed an axe in his face
With the death of Lord Talbot our spirit was broken
The battle was over our army no more
We fled through the fields and the woods and the valleys
This shattering defeat it had ended our war
So let tambour beat slowly and banner hang lowly
We are now so weak where we once were so strong
And those who are left must return now to England
Leaving comrades to lie in French fields all too long
But forget not Lord Talbot and long live his memory
Remember his courage take heed from his fame
Then gather your companies and follow your captains
And the cross of Saint George shall rule France once again...
For God, Henry and England!!! 😛
HUZZAH!
Sharpening my falchion and polishing my longbow in honour of the morning! 😆
Not long now, rather looking forward to the rugby this weekend
Are we allowed Éirinn go Brách ??
Are we allowed Éirinn go Brách ??
"Breá" is the word you're looking for...but I think it's a bit tenuous all the same.
Work on your spelling first...I'd say.
Well, that would depend what one was trying to say
Oh, yeah, then work on your grammar.
[b]Ta[/b] for that
And your accents...and maybe Charlie, another thread. Go raibh maith agat. 😉
Yeah, i thought you'd miss that. I wasn't thanking you.
Anybody in the Northern Hemisphere up yet?
Well, one thing's for sure, if Carling put as much effort into their beer as they do with their adverts between the RWC, it would probably taste considerably better...
Good bloody morning....
Morning everyone 😀
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Bore da, bach! 🙂
Morning all;
Very familiar weather,was going to be neutral but have decided to support Wales because of being married to one of them.
Glitchybumpy
Pob Lwc!
What a start, Wales def won the anthems!
Good morning Welsh and Irish, good luck to you both.
mornimg all
come on ugly rugby
Ugly rugby? Nah, the England v France game is the second one! 🙂
Coffee and bacon buns all round, I assume?
Oh yes......!
😯 double 😯 what a conversion!
😆 Game over! 😀
What a dull start indeed.
Shane seems to also be able to be the man in the right place then....
BAM!
Yeah, ugly rugby, isn't it? 🙂
Chwarae teg. I wasn't expecting much good kicking with the wind...
I don't say this often, but OMG!!! What an electric try!
Shame to see so many empty seats there.
Ooof!
We very much have a game on here!
Wales defending brilliantly there. I fear for the green machine today.
AWESOME stuff. Who's the fittest?
Fitness? I would say Wales have an edge. Guile and experience? Ireland.
O'Flash +1
Love the ambition from Ireland, not kicking for goal.
It is ambition, isn't it?
Wind? Not a day for kicking...
Don't think I can take this!
Priest land nailed his kick from the touch line, though.....
The flags were blowing around, but the kicking looks quite accurate. I think both teams have been winning on the back of the running game rather than kicking, which I do like.
Can't believe the analogy used forthe wind was cyclists in a velo
1/2p has the ball...
Paul Thorburn is reborn!
Great kick!
This is awesome defence from Wales.
Welsh defense is astonishing so far.
*edit - great minds, Darcy!*
I do a little cry every time ROG takes it into contact. 😐
So does he! 🙂
Ireland really need to change tack after half time if they want to win this
they'll be spent by 60 mins at this rate
Dirty O'Gara dropping his shoulder there....
To do what? Bar a couple of handling errors they haven't done much wrong.